FOXBOROUGH, Ma. -- Vince Wilfork offered a self-endorsement after his New England Patriots hammered the Chicago Bears 51-23 at Gillette Stadium on Sunday."It's going to be hard to beat us if we continue to play the way we played...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. In a game with first place on the line in what has been an ugly NFC South, the Carolina Panthers were the ugliest team on the field.In a landslide.Panthers quarterback Cam Newton misfired on passes all night during...

Andrew Luck threw for 354 yards and tied his career high with four touchdown passes as the Indianapolis Colts defeated the New York Giants 40-24 on Monday night in East Rutherford, N.J.Luck (25 of 46) broke the game open with three third-quarter...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took stock of his own future shortly after Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon announced his decision to retire at the end of the 2015 NASCAR season. Gordon is 43. Earnhardt turned 40 last fall. ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Bears general manager Ryan Pace and coach John Fox are trying to be meticulous in evaluating the roster they inherited. Capitalizing on their fresh start together is critical before the new league year begins March 10, around when some...

With only one chance to make a first impression, Bears coach John Fox and general manager Ryan Pace announced to the football world Wednesday in Indianapolis that they had yet to make up their minds about Jay Cutler's future.
A deliberate Pace indeed.
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When it comes to Russell Wilson's pending new contract with the Seahawks, does "outside the box" equal "hometown discount?" That was the hopeful assumption among fans last week when Seahawks general manager John Schneider used that...

PHOENIX — The discovery of Russell Wilson, a third-round pick of the Seahawks in 2012 who shed the label of "game manager" about as quickly as his feet move running the zone read with Marshawn Lynch, set an example for what roughly half of the...

Jake Delhomme's work day usually started before sunrise. The Panthers quarterback from 2003-09 would pull into team headquarters around 6 a.m. and grab a cup of coffee, maybe loosen up in the hot tub. Then he'd settle into the film room to continue...

One can only imagine the adrenaline that must have been pumping through Ryan Pace's veins Friday afternoon when the new Bears general manager boarded his flight from Denver back to Chicago.
Talk about a business trip. Talk about a rewarding culmination...

Few moved very fast, no one flattened a quarterback, and there were no bone-jarring hits in the gentle, friendly version of football played at the Pro Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.
Even in a game dominated by offense, J.J. Watt was the star.
The Texans...

Jay Feely was a Bear for a month and figured it out: Jay Cutler isn’t a leader and can’t grow into it.
“I don’t think so,’’ Feely said Wednesday on Sirius XM radio. “Not as a leader. That’s not who he is. You’re going to have a vacuum there. So you...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Few moved very fast, no one flattened a quarterback and there were no bone-jarring hits in the gentle, friendly version of football played at the Pro Bowl Sunday.
Even in a game dominated by offense, J.J. Watt was the star.
The...

DENVER — Once more, with feeling.
For the third time, it's Peyton Manning versus Andrew Luck, and Sunday the stakes are higher than they've ever been.
In a highly anticipated game last season, Manning's first return to Indianapolis, his Broncos lost...

The San Francisco 49ers, locked in a tight race for a playoff spot, made a short trip Sunday to the one-win Oakland Raiders.
One team looked defeated, completely devoid of passion and ready for the NFL season to be over.
The other team was the Raiders....

Jay Cutler seemed to spend more time chatting with Drew Brees on the field than he did with the local media after the Bears' 31-15 loss to the Saints on Monday night at Soldier Field.
"We were just talking about family and kids," Brees...

The Chicago Bears played a prime time game Monday night against a 5-8 opponent with a struggling defense and still couldn't keep from tripping over themselves. The Bears fell behind 24-0 after three quarters, then staggered to a 31-15 loss to the New...

Once more, with feeling.
For the third time, it's Peyton Manning versus Andrew Luck, and Sunday the stakes are higher than they've ever been, with the winner moving on and the loser done for the season.
Last season, in Manning's first return to...